The successful run of the WWK Volleys Herrsching in the Bundesliga continues.
On Saturday they dethroned leaders Bühl with a 3-1 home win.
It was the fourth win in a row - a club record.
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The WWK Volleys Herrsching continue to ride the wave of success in the volleyball Bundesliga.
The team of coach Max Hauser defeated the previous leader Bisons Bühl 3-1 (23:25, 26:24, 29:27, 25:21) in the top game of the seventh match day on Saturday evening.
The narrow but not undeserved success was the fourth victory in a row - a club record in the seven-year Bundesliga history.
Max Hauser assessed the overall fifth win of the season in an almost business-like manner.
“Everything is going according to plan.” However, the 3-1 win was hard work.
The bison turned out to be a very thick board that the WWK Volleys, after initial difficulties, then successfully pierced.
The fact that Herrschinger was able to post the three points on the credit side was due to the fact that they were fully up to operating temperature in the decisive phases.
“It could have turned out differently,” said Hauser.
This top game would certainly have deserved more than the 20 or so spectators (reporters, ball kids, hall speakers and officials) in the re-heated Nikolaushalle.
From the first to the last rally, the two teams gave each other nothing.
The guests got off to a better start, but the WWK Volleys fought their way into the game and were able to keep it open until the end.
But Bühl's diagonal attacker Edvinas Vaskelis sealed the first set with a downright kill by Ferdinand Tille (23:25).
“Too many mistakes from us,” stated captain Johannes Tille.
Max Hauser took off his sweater and rolled up the sleeves of his shirt.
His players also increased the number of strokes.
But the bison proved to be much more resilient than the Helios Grizzlys Giesen two days earlier, who surrendered to their fate early in the cup match.
As expected, the Herrsching service pressure was high, but in the end there were also a total of 27 service errors.
Certainly a few too many.
But Johannes Tille explained that one had to take a high risk against the strong Buhler assumption.
The best server in the league booked eight tickets this time.
“It works better, of course,” said the 23-year-old somewhat self-criticism.
Nevertheless, Tille was honored as the most valuable player after the game.
Which was probably due to the fact that he had once again served all his attackers reliably and with precise passes.
Diagonal attacker Jonas Kaminski (20 points), outside attacker Jori Mantha (19) and the two middle blockers Luuc on Ent (15) and Dorde Ilic (10) all scored double-digit points.
Mantha in particular triumphed two days after his gala against Giesen and one day after his 28th birthday.
Both in attack and in acceptance, the Canadian delivered top scores.
In the absence of the injured Jalen Penrose, the powerful jumping mantha (nicknamed "Air Canada") comes into its own.
The assumption of the strong libero Ferdinand Tille was also very stable (acceptance rate 67%), while the home side stabilized in attack (71% after a good acceptance and 44% after a weak acceptance).
In sets two (26:24) and three (29:27) it went into overtime.
Mantha fixed the second run with an ace, and a service winner from Tim Peter also made the decision in the third set.
In the fourth round, Herrsching and Bühl also played at eye level, but in the decisive phase the home side were more alert and more determined.
When Bühls Vaskelis put the ball just outside the field after 105 minutes, the WWK volleys were finally able to cheer.
The next Saturday the Herrschinger have the next top game, then the SWD powervolleys Düren come to the Nikolaushalle.